Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-18
BOOTS AND SHOES.
The Plant in Full Operation With
Large Orders.
Stock to be Increased to $leaoo0. and An
other Building 10 be Erected.

As is known. the Wichita Boot and Shoe
Manufacturing company was organized
last July with capital stock Of $1,000,
with Theodore Deming president and sp-
periutendeHt; c. f. Coffin, secretary: j. L.
I McClung. treasurer and manager The
I board of directors now in charge are Thee
dore Deming. c. F. Coffin, j. L, McCIung.
| f. Wunderiieh and S. y. McClung The
directory takes in the leading stock holders
| of the company. Soon after the company
was organized work on a building, 30x9O
and three stories, on the corner of Robert
and Weston avenues, in the southwestern
( part of the city, was commenced Every
i thing progressed as rapidly rs possible and
( the factory some days ago commenced
work
1 The officers of the company are from
New Albany, Indiana, and for a number of
Years were engaged in the same kind of an
enterprise. They are experienced men in
that line, and are much pleased with the
business outlook at the new plant
Last Thurday's visit of hundr eds OF PEG
pie from the city, in response to invitation
from the proprietorS, was quite entertain
ing to the public aud gratifying to the
company. \ member stated yesterday that
he did not think any city could take As
much interest in her manufacturing in
dustries as Wichita evidently does As
specimens of their work on that DAY Misses
Mamie Mead and Kate Murdoch were
each presented with an elegant pair OF
twenty-five button shoes. Since Thursday
the visitors have been many both from the
country and city, and with pleasure the
the pr0pretors have shown them through
the factory
The company gets its stock from Phila-
delphia, New York and St Louis. consist
ing of kid. goat calf and glove calf up
pers. Bottoms are made Of oak sole leath-
er. The stock for uppers IS taken TO the
third floor in the cutting room. The cut
ter is given ticket showing quality of
stock and kind to be used, sizes and styles
of upper to be cut When the cutter has
done his work, the order is passed on to
the forelady of the room. who cuts Innings.
and the order is again moved To the closer
From this il goes 10 the rubber, where the
seams are rubbed down. Seams stayed, il
passes on 70 side stitching. button hole
machine then to a table where buttons are
sewed on The order is then sent To the
second floor. The ticket Is passed To the
first floor, on which is the department
where soles and heels are died ont That
part Of the order is sent TO the second
floor and the uppers and soles are given 10
the laster From him it goes to the
Standard sewing machine The heller is
the next man, according To the logic of the
factors, that gets Il chance 1t passes
from him TO the trimmer, burLisher and
tinisher, who. with a rapidly revolving
rollsr covered viii sand paper finishes them
accorctin. 20 the STYLES designated hy the
card. The order j. pm ia me o.N with me
rirk"' and -eot to the frs Ho,r - pass tie
t-ye ~ the SUPERINTENDENT
The boiler and engine are fifteen horse
and located on the first floor On the third
floor are a number of Wheeler x Wilson
sewing machines, buttonholc machine,
vamp folding machine crimping machine
punching and eyeletjng machine, sheerS.
cutting patterns, criInping forms. On the
third floor is sole leather rolling machine.
which is quite a marked improvement on
the flat-iron and hammer combination,
sole leather splitting machine. Mckay
sole sewing machine, and sand paper
machine
The stock Is kept on the first floor and Is
OF the best made and handled by first
class operators. Thirty hands are now
employed the most OF the work on the
third floor being done by ladies It is
thought that before many months the
factory will give employment to seventy
five worknen. The company is
much pleased with orders 50 far
and as a result the proprietor- are glad
they finally decided to come 10 Wichita
The company viii be rcorgauized in
few months with a capital stock Of 500, (
600, and adjoining the factory building on
the south viii be erected another brick /
building which VIII be used mainly for IA
jobbing house. They viii carry full line
of boots and shoes and in their wholesale
business cover all the great eXpanse %
country that naturally belongs to Wichita .
for iobbiug purposes.